http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/bentley * Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:26:31 GMT Clearspace 2.5.5 (http://jivesoftware.com/products/clearspace/) 2009-11-20T21:26:31Z http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/bentley/whats-wrong-with-selling-facebook-fans/?cs=37669 Facebook is threatening to unleash its legal team on social media marketer USocial unless it stops selling fans to those who maintain Facebook pages, according to BBC News . In a cease-and-desist letter, Facebook accuses USocial of violating its social_networks facebook advertising_and_marketing usocial business_technology Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:26:31 GMT webadmin@itbusinessedge.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/bentley/whats-wrong-with-selling-facebook-fans/?cs=37669 2009-11-20T21:26:31Z 2 hours, 45 minutes ago http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/bentley/comment/whats-wrong-with-selling-facebook-fans http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/bentley/feeds/comments?blogPost=37669 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/bentley/house-subcommittee-weighs-data-collection-trend-against-consumer-privacy/?cs=37659 On Thursday, the U.S. House Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection heard  testimony from business representatives and consumer privacy advocates who met to "explore the collection and commercial use of consumer data." World Privacy privacy legislation_and_regulation advertising_and_marketing business_technology Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:16:07 GMT webadmin@itbusinessedge.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/bentley/house-subcommittee-weighs-data-collection-trend-against-consumer-privacy/?cs=37659 2009-11-20T18:16:07Z 5 hours, 55 minutes ago http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/bentley/comment/house-subcommittee-weighs-data-collection-trend-against-consumer-privacy http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/bentley/feeds/comments?blogPost=37659 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/bentley/e-mail-policies-should-be-well-defined-and-well-communicated/?cs=37647 We've stressed the importance of e-mail use policies for years here at IT Business Edge, but I renewed my efforts when I read about the case of Vicki Walker, who was fired from her job with New Zealand's ProCare Health for her lack of e-mail e-mail_and_web_policies litigation privacy business_technology Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:06:24 GMT webadmin@itbusinessedge.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/bentley/e-mail-policies-should-be-well-defined-and-well-communicated/?cs=37647 2009-11-20T15:06:24Z 9 hours, 5 minutes ago http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/bentley/comment/e-mail-policies-should-be-well-defined-and-well-communicated http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/bentley/feeds/comments?blogPost=37647 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/bentley/new-york-city-council-urges-fcc-congress-to-adopt-net-neutrality-standards/?cs=37635 On the heels of Tuesday's net neutrality debate during the Web 2.0 Expo in New York City, the New York City Council is also poised to discuss the Federal Communications Commission's six principles for net neutrality.   According to an e-mail from business_technology legislation_and_regulation government_agencies new_york_city_council net_neutrality federal_communications_commission Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:51:19 GMT webadmin@itbusinessedge.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/bentley/new-york-city-council-urges-fcc-congress-to-adopt-net-neutrality-standards/?cs=37635 2009-11-19T22:51:19Z 1 day, 1 hour ago http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/bentley/comment/new-york-city-council-urges-fcc-congress-to-adopt-net-neutrality-standards http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/bentley/feeds/comments?blogPost=37635 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/bentley/learning-the-many-facets-of-compliance/?cs=37631 Wednesday, Lumigent Technologies CEO John Capobianco wrote a guest opinion piece for IT Business Edge about his company's compliance IQ quiz . The 25-question, multiple-choice quiz is designed to be a reality check for those who take it, he says, legislation_and_regulations business_technology it_best_practices compliance_costs compliance_software_packages external_and_internal_audits coso Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:14:45 GMT webadmin@itbusinessedge.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/bentley/learning-the-many-facets-of-compliance/?cs=37631 2009-11-19T21:14:45Z 1 day, 2 hours ago http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/bentley/comment/learning-the-many-facets-of-compliance http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/bentley/feeds/comments?blogPost=37631 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/bentley/key-stakeholders-debate-necessity-of-net-neutrality-law/?cs=37596 If you missed the live webcast of Tuesday's net neutrality debate at InterActive Corp. as part of the Web 2.0 Expo, you can watch the archived version at Blip.tv .   Organized and moderated by Tech-Debate.com founder Jason Schwartz, the debate legislation_and_regulation internet_service_providers business_technology net_neutrality broadband_services Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:19:21 GMT webadmin@itbusinessedge.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/bentley/key-stakeholders-debate-necessity-of-net-neutrality-law/?cs=37596 2009-11-19T14:19:21Z 2 days, 4 hours ago http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/bentley/comment/key-stakeholders-debate-necessity-of-net-neutrality-law http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/bentley/feeds/comments?blogPost=37596 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/bentley/future-of-privacy-forum-discusses-smart-privacy-for-the-smart-grid/?cs=37593 When I talked to Future of Privacy Forum co-founder Christopher Wolf a month ago, we spoke mostly about the partnership his Washington, D.C.-based think tank has forged with George Washington University's law school to delve into the privacy policy privacy smart_grid business_technology legislation_and_regulation external_and_internal_audits Wed, 18 Nov 2009 19:20:36 GMT webadmin@itbusinessedge.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/bentley/future-of-privacy-forum-discusses-smart-privacy-for-the-smart-grid/?cs=37593 2009-11-18T19:20:36Z 2 days, 4 hours ago http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/bentley/comment/future-of-privacy-forum-discusses-smart-privacy-for-the-smart-grid http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/bentley/feeds/comments?blogPost=37593 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/bentley/spear-phishing-attacks-target-law-firms-public-relations-organizations/?cs=37576 The wealth of sensitive information that law firms and public relations firms have about their large corporate clients, many of which do business overseas, is attractive to hackers, according to an Associated Press story on Boston.com. That's why the phishing spear_phishing federal_bureau_of_investigation government_agencies business_technology Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:21:17 GMT webadmin@itbusinessedge.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/bentley/spear-phishing-attacks-target-law-firms-public-relations-organizations/?cs=37576 2009-11-18T15:21:17Z 2 days, 8 hours ago http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/bentley/comment/spear-phishing-attacks-target-law-firms-public-relations-organizations http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/bentley/feeds/comments?blogPost=37576 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/bentley/competitive-oxford-style-debate-on-net-neutrality/?cs=37566 Thought leaders on both sides of the net neutrality issue will participate in an Oxford-style, competitive debate Tuesday night in New York, according to Tech-Debate.com .   Those arguing against net neutrality will be James Assey, a National legislation_and_regulation internet_service_providers net_neutrality broadband_services business_technology Tue, 17 Nov 2009 23:09:03 GMT webadmin@itbusinessedge.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/bentley/competitive-oxford-style-debate-on-net-neutrality/?cs=37566 2009-11-17T23:09:03Z 3 days, 1 hour ago http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/bentley/comment/competitive-oxford-style-debate-on-net-neutrality http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/bentley/feeds/comments?blogPost=37566 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/bentley/social-media-and-risk-much-more-than-marketing-for-businesses/?cs=37564 Social media is everywhere these days, and like Gartner execs said at a symposium earlier this year , businesses that embrace it will be better for it. Marketing pros love it for getting the word out, and consumers love it because companies often pay social_media_monitoring search_engines radian6 business_technology social_networks netbase risk_management analytics autonomy Tue, 17 Nov 2009 20:48:05 GMT webadmin@itbusinessedge.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/bentley/social-media-and-risk-much-more-than-marketing-for-businesses/?cs=37564 2009-11-17T20:48:05Z 3 days, 3 hours ago 1 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/bentley/comment/social-media-and-risk-much-more-than-marketing-for-businesses http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/bentley/feeds/comments?blogPost=37564 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/bentley/intels-new-general-counsel-has-just-what-chipmaker-needs/?cs=37531 Within days of the announcement that the State of New York has filed antitrust charges against Intel, and on the same day that the chipmaker announced an antitrust settlement with rival Advanced Micro Devices , the company also announced it had antitrust intel general_counsel litigation government_agencies legislation_and_regulation business_technology Mon, 16 Nov 2009 21:30:36 GMT webadmin@itbusinessedge.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/bentley/intels-new-general-counsel-has-just-what-chipmaker-needs/?cs=37531 2009-11-16T21:30:36Z 4 days, 2 hours ago http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/bentley/comment/intels-new-general-counsel-has-just-what-chipmaker-needs http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/bentley/feeds/comments?blogPost=37531 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/bentley/facebook-status-as-alibi/?cs=37520 I should have expected Friday the 13th to bring on some odd stories. Most of the time I'm able to ignore the sensationalized headlines in the entertainment or crime sections. But when CNN.com offered " Facebook status update provides alibi ," I social_networks facebook electronically_stored_information business_technology digital_evidence e-discovery legislation_and_regulation Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:42:17 GMT webadmin@itbusinessedge.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/bentley/facebook-status-as-alibi/?cs=37520 2009-11-16T16:42:17Z 4 days, 7 hours ago http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/bentley/comment/facebook-status-as-alibi http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/bentley/feeds/comments?blogPost=37520 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/bentley/psystar-loses-gamble-against-apple/?cs=37508 The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California awarded Apple summary judgment on its copyright infringement claims against Mac clone maker Psystar on Friday, ruling that the Florida-based startup infringed Apple's copyright by intellectual_property litigation apple digital_millenium_copyright_act psystar copyright_infringement legislation_and_regulation operating_systems client_hardware_vendors business_technology Mon, 16 Nov 2009 14:52:01 GMT webadmin@itbusinessedge.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/bentley/psystar-loses-gamble-against-apple/?cs=37508 2009-11-16T14:52:01Z 4 days, 9 hours ago http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/bentley/comment/psystar-loses-gamble-against-apple http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/bentley/feeds/comments?blogPost=37508 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/bentley/fda-considers-regulating-medical-product-information-presented-in-social-media/?cs=37493 Let's see, the Federal Communications Commission will soon regulate how broadband and Internet service providers manage the content that comes in and out of their networks. The Federal Trade Commission manages how endorsements and testimonials are food_and_drug_administration business_technology fda government_agencies advertising_and_marketing legislation_and_regulation social_networks Fri, 13 Nov 2009 19:51:17 GMT webadmin@itbusinessedge.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/bentley/fda-considers-regulating-medical-product-information-presented-in-social-media/?cs=37493 2009-11-13T19:51:17Z 1 week, 4 hours ago http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/bentley/comment/fda-considers-regulating-medical-product-information-presented-in-social-media http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/bentley/feeds/comments?blogPost=37493 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/bentley/should-the-entire-legal-system-be-web-based/?cs=37457 Last week, I spoke to RocketLawyer CEO Charles Moore about his business and how small-business owners and consumers alike could benefit from Web-based legal services. They save money when they can take advantage of the legal forms RocketLawyer.com litigation cloud_computing privacy security virtualization web_services data rocketlawyer business_technology Thu, 12 Nov 2009 21:53:39 GMT webadmin@itbusinessedge.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/bentley/should-the-entire-legal-system-be-web-based/?cs=37457 2009-11-12T21:53:39Z 1 week, 1 day ago http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/bentley/comment/should-the-entire-legal-system-be-web-based http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/bentley/feeds/comments?blogPost=37457